Bush Administration Silent On Halliburton Rape Accusations

ABC News   |  Justin Rood   |   January 2, 2008 04:38 PM


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A powerful senator says he is still waiting for the Bush administration to respond to inquiries he made last month following reports that American women working in Iraq had been allegedly raped or sexually assaulted by coworkers or a U.S. government official.

ABC News reported last month that at least two female employees of the government contracting giant KBR had reported being raped or sexually assaulted; two years later, the report said, the alleged victims could not learn details of their cases or why they had not been prosecuted.

"We're pressing hard for answers," said a spokesman for Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla. Nelson wrote Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice last month requesting details on how many Americans in Iraq had reported being sexually assaulted or abused, how they were investigated, and if any had been recommended for prosecution.

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- armadillious2002 See Profile I'm a Fan of armadillious2002 permalink

Hmmm - of course that's why we went over there and killed them - could we have a double standard here?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:51 PM on 01/03/2008
- armadillious2002 See Profile I'm a Fan of armadillious2002 permalink

Hey - ya know - Saddam and sons had their rape rooms and Cheney and Co. have theirs.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:50 PM on 01/03/2008
- fourex See Profile I'm a Fan of fourex permalink

Is Nelson doing a kabuki dance? "We're pressing hard for answers," said a spokesman for Sen. Bill Nelson,..."

It doesn't make sense writing to the WH or Condi Rice since they gave Halliburton immunity. He should be pressing the AG to bring charges.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:19 AM on 01/03/2008
- Joeblue See Profile I'm a Fan of Joeblue permalink

Notice that none of the scumbag trolls on this board cannot tell right from wrong, nope gotta defend bushitler no matter what happens during his watch. Pathetic.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:35 AM on 01/03/2008
- dax49 See Profile I'm a Fan of dax49 permalink

i'll bet they are silent.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:43 AM on 01/03/2008
- realitytrumpsbull See Profile I'm a Fan of realitytrumpsbull permalink

Well, you know, admitting Halliburton was capable of wrongdoing, well that's just the road to hell right there, next thing you know people would be asking questions about All The Money and Cheney and how/why the war REALLY happened, and then it just gets ugly from there...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:44 AM on 01/03/2008
- Maxbyte See Profile I'm a Fan of Maxbyte permalink

Well, it didn't happen to one of his daughters, so what does he care? In fact, I'm not sure he would care if it had been one of his daughters.

Americans still don't really understand what a compassionate conservative is. For example, it's obvious that "conservative", in Bush's case, is neither fiscal, nor social, nor political. Largest fiscal mess since Sherri Shepherd traveled to 'BC'. Most rapid increase in hate and violent crime since 'BC'. Most dangerous political hack since Doonesbury hit the scene in Macbeth.

'Conservative' for Bush is just 'me, myself, and I'. There's no 'we' in it, no 'us', no 'you'.

And as for 'compassionate', Bush is compassionate about the U.S. dollar. He 'feels' for money. And if he can share some of the U.S. Treasury with a few of his friends, he will - as long as they already have more than they need, and as long as there's enough left for George and Karl. What a nice couple.

Extraneous issues zip under George's radar.

And what a lovely wife. She told Colbert to "Get *ucked" after a memorable performance by Colbert. Laura obviously felt Colbert deserved something really nice after entertaining White House Correspondents as they broke bread with The Decider.

So we shouldn't expect George to do anything for one rape victim when there are so many more in Iraq who aren't complaining. Some are Iraqis and some are American.

Women and kids are all the same to George. They are to be used or tossed. They're disposable.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:26 AM on 01/03/2008
- BPCentrisAmerican See Profile I'm a Fan of BPCentrisAmerican permalink

If she was my 20-year-old daughter, I would find the scumbags who drugged her, than raped her both front and back, tortured her, (confirmed by a US military doctor) and imprisoned her in a shipping container, I would kick the shit out every dam one them. My dad a former no BS truck driver and WW2 war vet would have did much worse. The CEO of KBR who is trying to slide out of a law suite would need an armored Humvee, I shit you not.

I have a sister and an older brother who is a hell of a lot tougher than me. When my sister was 14 she retuned home from the corner store crying one day because a couple punks were disrespectful, my brother had a conversation with them and they never cat call her again. He never told us what he said, but I can assure you that it wasn"t pleasant.

If these contractors are willing to do this to a US citizen from Texas no less in country 4 days, what are these bastards capable of doing to an Iraqi woman?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:31 PM on 01/02/2008
- NATIONALSECURITY4US See Profile I'm a Fan of NATIONALSECURITY4US permalink

WHAT CAN THEY SAY = NOTHING THEY ARE BUSTED...

AS FOR SENATOR NELSON I BELIEVE HE IS A ALIEN..

HE IS A NO-GOOD FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT...

I WROTE HIM REPEATEDLY ABOUT HOW THIS ADMIN. COVERED-UP SOME MOST WANTED TERRORISTS CAPTURED
IN HIS OWN STATE OF FLORIDA & ALL HE COULD DO WAS LISTEN TO THE LIES THAT THE FBI / DOJ TOLD
HIM...

NOW I FIGURED OR THOUGHT HE WOULD SEND A TEAM OF INVESTIGATORS FROM HIS STAFF TO GET ALL OF THE INFO. THAT THEY POSSIBLY CAN FROM ME & THEN
DO WHAT WAS NEEDED TO RESOLVE THESE MATTERS...

WRONG - NOTHING LIKE THAT HAPPENED EVEN THOUGH
I EXPLAINED MYSELF SO THOROUGHLY WITH ALL OF THE RELEVANT INFORMATION ONE WOULD NEED TO FOLLOW-UP ON A INQUIRY / INVESTIGATION...

LIKE I SAID ALL HE DID WAS LISTEN TO THE LIES THAT THE FBI / DOJ TOLD HIM...

IT'S NO WONDER KARMA DIDN'T HIT HIM HARD ENOUGH
WHEN HIS SON WAS ARRESTED NOT THAT LONG AGO...

KARMA WAS WORSE FOR THE FLORIDA STATE SENATOR FROM THE TOWN OF THE CAPTURE = SEN. PRUITT HIS
CHILD DIED -- MY MOTHER SPOKE WITH HIS OFFICE &
SEEKING A RESPONSE HIS OFFICE SAID THAT THEY COULDN'T TALK ABOUT THAT MATTER...

SAME GOES FOR SOME OTHER CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS
OF BOTH PARTIES IN BOTH CHAMBERS...

THE STATE DEPT. CONSTANTLY GETS THEIR NEGATIVE
KARMA ON A CONTINUAL BASIS...

PAKISTAN AS WELL FOR LYING FOR AMERICA ABOUT A
CAPTURED TERRORIST THAT WAS BROUGHT TO THEM FOR THEM TO SAY THEY FOUND & CAPTURED HIM...

WELL THAT EARTHQUAKE THAT KILLED 85,000+ THOSE
THAT DIED FALL ON ALL THOSE WHO LIED ABOUT THIS
MATTER & THE NEGATIVE KARMA MARCHES ON & IT WILL NOT STOP UNTIL THE WRONG IS MADE RIGHT...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:48 PM on 01/02/2008
- loki See Profile I'm a Fan of loki permalink

Here is something unusual. NOT. The Bush administration is always silent on anything they themselves or a good friend [corporations or capitalist]are involved with. Claiming that they cant comment as its under legal investigations. Of course, they break that code if they think it will help them or their friends, like they did with Scooter, Rove, and others close to them.
Its horrible the things this administrations does, and I am more that certain that if a Democrat or Indy does happen to make it into the white house, republicans will be up in arms and screaming bloody murder if one third of the shenanigans are pulled as Bush has done. And they defend Bush for each and every one of the ones he has pulled.

One thing really puzzles me, why is it in American politics that once a President is no longer in office, all investigations against them seem to stop? Is it that they can only be held responsible for the time they are sworn into office, and once the term has expired, so has all rights of justice towards any crimes they committed while in office?
Good thing the rest of the world doesnt have American Style democracy. If they did people like Pinochet would have never been prosecuted.
But hey, we are America, and we live by the rule of "Do as we Say, not as we Do. "

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:35 PM on 01/02/2008
- samuraijack See Profile I'm a Fan of samuraijack permalink

I think she would get more justice if she hired a private investigator to track down the sonsabitches who did this, then file civil/criminal charges.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:35 PM on 01/02/2008
- blackwell98 See Profile I'm a Fan of blackwell98 permalink

The Senators are primarily engaged in keeping their cush jobs. As they say in The South.. A couple of terms as Sheriff can set a feller up for life.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:18 PM on 01/02/2008
- wndrwrthg See Profile I'm a Fan of wndrwrthg permalink

You assume that they actually care.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:16 PM on 01/02/2008
- nomobull See Profile I'm a Fan of nomobull permalink

somethings just cannot be spun

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:11 PM on 01/02/2008
- tomsfork See Profile I'm a Fan of tomsfork permalink

Once again, Bush redefines crime: Anything done in my name, is good. Anything done for anyone else, is evil.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:50 PM on 01/02/2008
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